100th CHAPTER! 8D I never thought I would make it this far, but I did thanks to you guys who've been reading Sonic Reborn since it started. Now the next story-arc that I'm starting right here is based on Sonic Lost World and the only major change I'm making is that while you can use Wisps in the game I'm not going to have them show up until the next story-arc which will be based on Sonic Colors. So I hope you enjoy the next few chapters and continue reading my fanfic!
Chapter 100: Hidden
It was a bright sunny day above the clouds where Sonny and Miles were pursuing Dr. Eggman's Egg Mobile in the Tornado-1.
"Drop the kids, Eggman!" Sonny shouted atop the upper wing of the biplane.
In response, Dr. Eggman craned his neck to look back at them as he gave Sonny a malevolent sneer. "Fine, then, if you insist."
Then without warning, Dr. Eggman pushed a button on his control-panel which caused the big metallic container which was hanging from a large magnetic crane underneath the Egg Mobile to detach itself. Surprised, Miles steered the Tornado-1 down towards the container as the screams of several hundred children echoed from inside it. Sonny immediately leapt off the plane and transformed into Sonic to grab the container with his bare hand. However, Sonic missed the container's handle by an a few inches and was falling toward the ground when Miles caught him on the top wing.
"We've got to catch the crate before it falls beneath the clouds!" Sonic shouted as Miles quickly changed into Tails.
"I'll try," Tails said and banked the biplane down toward the falling container when an explosion occurred on the plane's engine.
Sonic looked up and saw Eggman gloating with a ray-gun in his hand while two small robots cheered him on inside the cock-pit of the Egg Mobile.
"Eggman!" Sonic shouted as the Tornado-1 vanished into the clouds.
"Sonic, look!" Tails exclaimed pointing in front of him.
When Sonic followed Tails' gaze, he was astonished by the sight of various landscapes stretched across hexagon-shaped acres that formed a partial sphere that floated in front of them.
"Is this—?
"The Lost Hex," Tails answered. Then as the plane started to descend towards the floating planet, he said, "I can land this plane, but it's going to be pretty bumpy."
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After they crashed into a grassy area with winding tunnels of dirt and hedges, Sonic and Tails changed back into Sonny and Miles respectfully to discuss their next move.
"I imagine Eggman has probably retrieved the cargo by now," Sonny said. "He wouldn't be heartless enough to let a bunch of kids fall to their deaths."
"But forcing them to power his robots isn't any better," Miles said then his yellow tablet-like communicator started beeping. "I bet it's Amelia."
"Great," Sonny said irritably as Miles pressed a button and Amelia's face appeared on the communicator's screen. Behind her, Chuck was trying to calm down a group of kids who were getting agitated.
"Hey, guys, how's the search going?" Amelia asked.
"We found the missing kids, but…" Sonny hesitated.
"But what?"
"Eggman shot our plane down and now we're stuck on this floating planet-thing in the sky."
"Then what are you waiting for? Have Miles fix the plane and get going! The kids down here are missing their friends really badly."
"Yeah, I can see that," Sonny said as he noticed Chuck being attacked by the kids behind Amelia.
"Hey, cut it out!" Amelia said as she turned to the kids and shut off the communicator on her end.
"How long will it take you to fix the Tornado-1?" Sonny asked.
"I don't know," Miles said as transformed into Tails and flew up to the plane's engine. "First, I'll need to access the damage and plan accordingly."
"Okay," Sonny said. "While you're doing that, I'm going to do some exploring."
"Fine, but don't wander too far," Tails said. "My memories of Lost Hex are kind of fuzzy."
"You mean you've been to this place before?" Sonny asked.
"Of course, when Sonic and I were alive, anyway," Tails replied as he flew between the damaged engine and the cock-pit where the repair tools were located.
"I see," Sonny said and ran off.
A few minutes later, Sonny came across Eggman flying in his Egg Mobile while a group of strange creatures followed him. They looked human, but they had skin in a variety of different colors and differently shaped horns sticking out of their heads. Sonny quickly changed back into Sonic and caught up to them.
"Hey!" Sonic shouted to Eggman. "I've been looking all over for you. Who're your friends?"
"'Friends'?" Eggman said mockingly as he turned the Egg Mobile to face Sonic. "Don't you recognize them? They're the Deadly Six!"
"Oh, boy," Sonic said as he rolled his eyes.
"Don't you dare mock us, punk!" said a shirtless skinny guy who wore black jeans, had purple skin with a matching mohawk and two curved horns that were striped black and purple. "I've been itching for a fight all day, and you're just the kind of thing I want to clobber real bad."
"As much as I'd love to stay, Zazz, I've got business to attend to," Eggman said and flew away along with the other creatures.
The purple guy watched Eggman go and growled in response.
"Don't tell me Eggman enslaved you guys again, because that would be pathetic given your past history with him," Sonic said mockingly.
"Shut up!" Zazz said angrily. "Now you're dead!"
"Bring it on!" Sonic said and prepared himself to run.
Zazz then raised his hands to the sky and a large ball-shaped object that resembled the moon appeared. He threw it at Sonic who managed to dodge it and hit Zazz with a Homing attack. As a result, Zazz was knocked back and tried to retrieve the ball but Sonic got to it first and kicked the ball off the ledge they were right next to. Then before Zazz could respond, Sonic gave him another Homing attack which knocked him out cold. Satisfied, Sonic went back to where the Tornado-1 was located as Tails was still making repairs.
"How are the repairs coming?" Sonic said as he changed back into Sonny. "You won't believe this, but I found Eggman."
"Eggman?" Tails exclaimed as he paused mid-repair. "Where was he?"
"About that way a few miles, toward the desert area," Sonny said as he pointed. "But he wasn't alone. Some guys called the Deadly Six were with him, and I defeated one who looked like an older version of one of the bullies who picked on Miles in middle-school."
"Really?" Tails quickly changed back into Miles and said, "Which one?"
"Um, Zaz, I believe."
"Weird. Who are the Deadly Six, anyway?"
"They're remnants of a race called the Zeti, who were once the natives of Lost Hex before the majority of them were mysteriously wiped out, that got enslaved by Dr. Eggman before they revolted out of anger and tried to destroy the world until they got defeated by me and Sonic," Tails' apparition said to Miles. "I'm guessing they must've reincarnated along with Sonic and the rest of us when Mobius was reformed, so I wouldn't be surprised if one of the Deadly Six took control of Zaz."
Once Miles repeated what Tails' apparition said to Sonny he said, "Well, he did call himself Zazz so it would make sense."
"You said they were heading for the desert, right?" Miles said and climbed back into the cock-pit. "Let's fly after them."
"But aren't you still repairing the Tornado-1?" Sonny asked as he climbed into the passenger's seat.
"No, I got done with that while you were gone," Miles said and turned on the engine which roared smoothly. "I was just making a few adjustments when you showed up."
"All right," Sonny said as the biplane took off into the air once more.
To be continued...